42 API User Hours Query Script

This Python script queries the 42 API to determine the number of hours a specified user has spent on campus within dynamically calculated 15-day chunks. The calculation begins from January 26, 2024, and automatically adjusts to cover the next 15-day period as time progresses.

Getting Started

Before you use the script, ensure you have Python installed on your system and have obtained your 42 API credentials (client ID and client secret).

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• requests library installed in your Python environment. You can install this library using pip:
• colorama and tabulate libraries to format the output.

pip install requests colorama tabulate

Configuration

1. Obtain 42 API Credentials: You must first register your application with the 42 API to obtain your client ID and client secret.

2. Setup tokens.json File: Create a tokens.json file in the same directory as the script with your 42 API credentials as follows:

{
    "client_id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    "client_secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
}

Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with the credentials provided by the 42 API.

Usage

To run the script, use the following command in your terminal, replacing <login> with the 42 login of the user you want to query:

python script.py <login>

This will output the total number of hours the specified user spent on campus in the current 15-day chunk.